Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Aug
20

After a short summer simmer, polyclinic politics promise provincial pyrotechnics – Health Policy Today, 20th August 2008

GPs you see today might have a spring in their step.  The BMA aims to enlist local authority Overview &
4 min read
Aug
19

Tablet of stories reveals an unhealthy obsession with drugs – Health Policy Today, 19th August 2008

In today's press there are 17 pieces relevant to the ongoing debate about access to drugs; their cost;
8 min read
Aug
19

Editor's blog (2) 18th August 2008: money for nothing to the Ritalin generation

Oh. For. Fuck’s. Sake. I have just wasted half an hour of my life that I’m never going
3 min read
Aug
18

A panoramic debate widens further still – Health Policy Today, 18th August 2008

It is sometimes said that what happens in the US comes to Britain a few years later.  It is not
5 min read
Aug
17

The Maynard Doctrine: the challenges of healthcare reform in the USA

The US healthcare system is fragmented and expensive, costing twice as much per capita as the NHS and consuming nearly
3 min read
Aug
15

Living in economic times – Health Policy Today, 15th August 2008

A glance at today’s press confirms the tagline currently used by the Economist – ‘we live in economic times’. Report
5 min read
Aug
14

Pricing the value of life - Health Policy Today, 14th August 2008

An inherent tension in healthcare has re-emerged in a contemporary theme.  It relates to the balance between population-level and individual-level
4 min read
Aug
13

Financial pressures continue – Health Policy Today, 13th August 2008

Tom Smith on three health policy stories today, all adding to a sense of increasing financial pressure. A survey from
4 min read
Aug
12

The politics of social resources - Health Policy Today, 12th August 2008

If the weather isn’t hot this summer, the politics certainly are - with the forecast for it to get
10 min read
Aug
06

Pressure on government health policy continues - Health Policy Today, 6 August 2008

Tom Smith on a Smorgasbord of health policy issues debated today. The Conservatives continue to pile political pressure on the
3 min read